Book on Stores Mixed Bargain

By

Rebecca Horne

Oct 3, 2011 10:22 am ET

A new Aperture book “Is This Place Great or What” and concurrent exhibition by photographer Brian Ulrich both irritates and impresses. Conceived as a response to the statement made by George W. Bush in 2001; “The vitality of our economy depends on the willingness of Americans to spend…” Ulrich writes: “It seemed simple enough a question– were people in fact patriotic when shopping? I simply had to see if this was the case..